Conventional wisdom dictates that a fiscal policy should be counter-cyclical. However, contrary to this conventional views, recent research has demonstrated that fiscal policy is actually procyclical in most developing countries. In this book, we attempt to propose a new interpretation of this...

This book analyzes the various problems of growth, trade and public policy from the perspective of applied economics, based on research in areas such as public policies, trade and regulation, and development economics. Part 1 investigates the broad problems of growth and regional economy,...

This book examines the politics of taxation in Ireland between the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries. Combining political, economic, and policy history, it contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature on public finance, while also providing context for the ongoing debate on...

Chapter 1. introduction -- Chapter 2. Two-Period Model of Government Investment -- Chapter 3. Politics and Corruption in the Two-Period Model -- Chapter 4. Overlapping-Generations Model of Growth -- Chapter 5. Fiscal Policy in the Overlapping-Generations Model. Chapter 5. Politics, Corruption,...